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Truckers block roads to protest against the increase in diesel prices decreed by the government block the traffic in the capital Bogota and other cities. Hundreds of vehicles parked since morning on 18 roads in Bogota caused monumental traffic jams, according to the mayor's office. IMAGES
Truck drivers continue to demonstrate on the streets of Bogota as part of broader protests across Colombia against the diesel price increase announced over a week ago by President Gustavo Petro's government. IMAGES
Truckers are protesting in Bogota after the Colombian government announced an increase in the price of diesel for the next year and a half. Truckers are also protesting against insecurity on the roads, as they report an increase in robberies and attacks on the roads, putting both their lives and their goods at risk. IMAGES
The UN considers that there is a "strong probability" that the children's hospital in Kyiv was hit by a "direct hit" from a Russian missile, according to the representative of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in Ukraine, who speaks remotly during a UN press briefing in Geneva. SOUNDBITE
White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan briefs the press following a phone call between Joe Biden and Benjamin Netanyahu during which the US president told his Israeli counterpart that he is "deeply concerned" about Israel potentially conducting military operations in Rafah, adding, "Israel has not presented us or the world with a plan for how or where they would safely move those civilians." SOUNDBITE
An Israeli ground invasion of the city of Rafah at the southern end of the Gaza Strip would be a "mistake," US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan says at the White House. SOUNDBITE
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